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can someone tell me some things what triggers ocd. its getting worse day by day and i wanna know why
can someone tell me some things what triggers ocd. its getting worse day by day and i wanna know why
Hey, for me, OCD has been progressive. I can’t really point to what exactly triggers me or why, I just know over time (without therapy), it got more intense. I often find when I don’t get enough sleep, or am really stressed, my OCD is worse. However, once I started therapy, and started doing ERP consistently, things started to get better (slowly). Prior to therapy, I was incredibly hopeless and didn’t know if I would be able to get some relief from the OCD suffering. Nine months later, I don’t feel like that anymore. I have been taught the tools I need for when my OCD is bad, it’s just a matter of how willing I am to use them. I highly suggest getting therapist and trying ERP if you have the opportunity. I hope this helps in some small way!
@Anon. do i need a therapist to do the ERP or can i do it on my own?
@vivi2004 I only started doing ERP once I had a therapist, then started doing it on my own. That would be a good question to ask on this app or researching online. I think I’ve heard people talk about doing it one their own on this app, but I’m not sure. Sorry I’m not of more help!
My experience is that untreated OCD just gets worse. ERP therapy saved my life.
i haven’t been diagnosed with ocd but I have anxiety about harming other people/family members and it’s like urges and im scared I actually want to do it? I don’t think I’ve ever been violent as a kid (im 21 now) and the intrusive thoughts don’t go away so im just stuck all day everyday for the past few weeks just thinking and being scared about it and im having all these weird emotions like being irritated and angry I don’t want to hurt people I don’t think idk why my mind is making me think I do I’ve had intrusive thoughts before that I could brush away sure it took like a day or two but this one is different it doesn’t go away and leaves me with the worst fear imaginable and nothing I look up that should be giving me relief is giving me relief + I feel like im not in control of my body and that im just gonna lose it and act on these thoughts it’s just all on a loop and im not sure how im supposed to live the rest of my life when im in constant fear of my self
So I have been trying to work out over the past 5 years where my OCD come from and have began to realise that ruminating on where it comes from is actually a compulsion in itself. I believe mine come from having a low self esteem and a lot of stress in my life at that time. I then attended talking therapy to try and understand my feelings and intrusive thoughts and all this did was fuel the OCD further because trying to assign meaning to the thoughts is actually the opposite of what we should do. Does anyone else feel like they know what triggered there OCD?
I’ve been triggered so bad this week I’ve had bad anxiety and feel depression coming on. Last night I had a thought oh let’s plan it and I immediately thought why would I think that and started crying bad. I’ve had these thoughts for 7 months I really don’t know why I’m having these thoughts, if I knew I would work on it. Like people say has something happened in your life for you to have these thoughts and nothing has happened, it all started off from what if thoughts , like “what if I’m a psycho” because I saw this fb post saying introverts are more likely to become psychopaths and it all spiralled from there I started getting thoughts about harm towards others and myself. What do you think guys should I treat it like ocd or do you think there’s something seriously wrong with me.
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